"Because it's not really LGBT. It's (expletive) GGGG and I'm sick of gay white men having control of the LGBT conversation," she wrote in a tweet last week.

The rapper has a rocky history with the mainstream LGBT community; she's been praised for criticizing white gay men for appropriating black culture and marginalizing minorities, while coming under fire for her use of homophobic slurs. In one high-profile incident in 2013, Banks leveled a slur at Perez Hilton, who then accused Banks of being homophobic.

Banks told the Guardian in 2014 that she's criticizing misogynists, not gay people, when she uses homophobic slurs.

“A lot of gay men are way more misogynistic than straight men,” she said. “The (expletive) they say about women behind their backs, it’s like: ‘Wow, oh my God!' ... A f***** is anybody that hates women. It’s like, y’all sing along to my words when I’m saying [expletives leveled at black people and women], but as soon as I call this one white man a f***** the whole world exploded."

Banks has also cited her own sexual orientation to defend herself against claims she's homophobic.